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(1):

(v. t.) To receive with favor; to approve.

(2):

(v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; - often followed by of.

(3):

(v. t.) To receive or admit and agree to; to assent to; as, I accept your proposal, amendment, or excuse.

(4):

(v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.

(5):

(v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]

(6):

(a.) Accepted.

(7):

(v. t.) To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Accept'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/accept.html. 1828.
 
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